Despite a winter blast that is forecast to dump as much as 18 inches of snow in the Orono area, the Danes' America East Conference game with Maine was still scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday as of late Friday afternoon.

Brown said that there is a chance the game could be moved to Sunday, and the decision might not come until Saturday morning.

"It would make no sense to play it and risk potential harm, travel wise," Brown said by cellphone from Orono. "I have a feeling this is going to be a last-minute decision. I am not 100 percent sure we will play (Saturday)."

He was talking about referees, fans, game staff personnel and, of course, his team. Brown said the Danes are staying at a hotel which is 15 minutes from the Maine campus, but he said travel is supposed to be treacherous and the trip by bus could take an hour.

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UAlbany (7-4, 18-7) at Maine (3-7, 8-15)

When: 3 p.m. Saturday

Where: Alfond Sports Arena, Orono, Maine

Radio: WOFX (980 AM)

The UAlbany women's team is also scheduled to play at Maine at 1 p.m. Saturday.

One America East game scheduled for Saturday — Stony Brook at Hartford — has already been moved to Sunday afternoon.

Brown also said that if the game is played Saturday, the team will most likely stay a third night in Orono. The Danes bussed to Maine on Thursday night, a day early, to get ahead of the storm.

Once the team arrived in Orono, the snow was the least of Brown's concerns. The major worry is the health of guard Mike Black, whose status for Saturday's game is questionable, at best.

Black only played nine minutes in Wednesday's 79-56 win at Maryland-Baltimore County before leaving with what has been called a mild ankle sprain. He traveled with the team to Maine and has been getting round-the-clock treatment.

Brown said it will be a game-time decision as to whether Black will play. Black did not practice on Friday and was using crutches to get around.

The decision on whether or not he will play — whenever the game is played — will come from Brown, Black and trainer Jay Geiger.

"Mike will want to play," Brown said. "I don't know if he is capable of playing and how effective he can be. We have to be smart with our decision. We don't play again until (next) Saturday and you don't want to risk him injuring himself more this late in the season. We have so few games left (five after the Maine game) and the conference tournament is right around the corner. If we put him on the floor, he has to be effective."

If Black can't play, Brown said that either DJ Evans or Jayson Guerrier would start in his place. Evans scored a career-high 12 points in the win at UMBC. If he starts, he would play the point guard position.

If Guerrier gets the nod, Peter Hooley would run the offense for the Danes.

One thing the Danes have in their favor if Black, who leads the team in scoring with 14.9 points per game, can't go is that the team has shown they can win without him.

"As a coach, you want to win every game and put the best team out there every night, and obviously, our best team is with Mike on the floor," Brown said. "If we have to play without him, I don't think we will be fazed at all. It will be tougher to win, for sure, but I think we can win the game without him."